United States v. James Morrow Roper, Christian Matthew Newton, John Jackson Miller Truxell

HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

The appellants, James Morrow Roper, Christian Matthew Newton and John Jackson Miller Truxell, along with co-defendants, Jerry Lee Harvey, Tyrus Ramond Cobb and Geraldine Kelleher Martin, were charged by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Alabama with conspiracy to possess and distribute approximately 100,000 methaquaalone tablets and the substantive offense of possession and distribution of the drugs. 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1). Before the trial, the district court granted Harvey’s motion for a severance from the other defendants and at the conclusion…